Posted by karen on Monday, February 11, 2013 at 9:13am.
you want the sum of the 1st 12 terms of the sequence
1,3,5,7,...
Now just from experience, we know that the sum of the 1st n odd numbers is n^2, so there will be 144 people present.
Or, solving algebraically, we have an arithmetic sequence with
a=1, d=2
S12 = 12/2 (2*1 + 11*2)
= 6(2+22) = 6*24 = 144
thanks,so what is the formula for the sum of 1st even number ?
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